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Apple Encryption Stand Highlights Mobile Operators' Dilemma


Ron Burgundy
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File photo of a worker climbing outside an Apple store in Hong KongBy Eric Auchard BARCELONA (Reuters) - Apple Inc's stance on privacy in the face of a U.S. government demand to unlock an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino attackers has raised awkward questions for the world's mobile network operators. Top executives at this week's global telecom industry gathering in Barcelona admit they are constantly trying to strike a balance between the expectations and demands of their own users, government regulators and national politicians. Apple's stand -- it argues that to unlock the iPhone would violate its free speech rights -- has brought questions over these competing forces to the fore, exposing gaps in some telecoms operators' own approaches.




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